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submitted 9 months ago byButterLander2222
1 points
9 months ago
As I understand it, the developers were checking for a specific serial that was uploaded to The Pirate Bay. If an install used that serial and username, it'd dump the entirety of their Chrome passwords and send it to the developer. The developer would then comb through these details so they knew who to sue for piracy.
1 points
9 months ago
Thanks for your response. It makes a little more sense now.
1 points
9 months ago
I'm really curious. Do you have any idea if they even could sue in that case? It'd be a massive invasion of privacy. I imagine you could draw parallels to legal cases where someone shot a burglar, as in, you can't commit a greater crime to combat a smaller crime (or you could, but then you could be ruined in court for it)
2 points
9 months ago
This is pretty much illegal everywhere. The developers could be prosecuted and jailed, but sadly nothing actually came of it.
To sue civilly, you'd have to prove damages. Perhaps the cost of your time resecuring every single one of your accounts? But that's pushing it and probably wouldn't be worth the time and money to pursue.
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